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Sapcote brothers face jail over "campaign of terror" against elderly people

Brothers John Doherty, 29, and Simey Doherty, 21, of Hinckley Road, both pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to commit arson and one charge each of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to blackmail

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by Hinckley Times

09:30, 25 Sep 2008Updated15:02, 7 Oct 2013

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Two Sapcote men face jail for their involvement in a “sustained campaign of terror” against elderly residents of a mobile home park.

Brothers John Doherty, 29, and Simey Doherty, 21, of Hinckley Road, both pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to commit arson and one charge each of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to blackmail.

They were among seven men convicted in relation to arsons at The Glen in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

The charges relate to what police described as a sustained campaign of terror against elderly and vulnerable residents of The Glen, during which three homes were burned to the ground.

The seven-day trial at Worcester Crown Court has now finished - and the defendants will be sentenced on Tuesday, December 23.

Of the other defendants, who are all from Leicester, Anthony Bernard Tully, 60, was convicted of two charges of conspiracy to commit arson and one of conspiracy to commit blackmail.

Douglas Guildford, 42, was found not guilty of conspiracy to commit blackmail, but admitted conspiracy to commit arson at a previous hearing.

The jury was unable to reach a verdict on charges of conspiracy to commit blackmail on David Hallam, 29, and Luke Hardy, 23, and judge Alistair McCreath ordered these to lie on file.

Hallam had previously pleaded guilty of two charges of conspiracy to commit arson and Hardy had previously pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit arson.

Anthony Bernard Tully’s son Anthony John Tully, 38, pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to commit arson and conspiracy to commit blackmail.

The inquiry was a lengthy and complex one, carried out in co-operation between West Mercia Constabulary and Leicestershire Constabulary.